election day has arrived. if you're still undecided about how to vote on prop. 19, and even if you think you've made up your mind, PLEASE READ THIS NEW INFORMATION from marijuana attorney BILL PANZER, who clears up once and for all what could happen to prop. 215 if prop. 19 becomes law:::
(panzer is considered the world's foremost marijuana attorney, and is the only attorney who helped author prop. 215. he's currently a board member for california NORML, and is a former high times freedom fighter of the month):
"The most common fear is that 19 could potentially impinge on medical cannabis rights. Proponents have pointed to the purpose language as evidence that it would not effect 215/420. In reality, the court's do not look at the purpose language, only resorting to it if an ambiguity is found in the body of the statute. As for the body of Prop 19, I am less than thrilled with the drafting. There are inconsistencies and the language is loose enough to support several different interpretations.
"If an appellate court were inclined to find that Prop 19 preserved all 215/420 rights, there is language in 19 to support that. If, on the other hand, an appellate court was inclined to find that 19 allowed local municipalities to impinge on 215/420, there is language that could support that position too. The bottom line is that the body of the statute could have clearly stated that local municipalities are not authorized to pass any ordinance or regulation that infringes on 215/420 in any manner, but it doesn't..."
"The most amazing factor of this whole debate to me is how Prop. 19 is being almost universally portrayed as "legalization" in the media and by many in our movement who, quire frankly, I suspect have never actually read the text of the initiative! What makes little sense to me is that this initiative, which doesn't legalize cannabis, is being sold as legalization. ***It seem to me, it would make more sense to draft an initiative that does legalize cannabis and sell it as regulation.***"
WILL YOU VOTE FOR PROP. 19 EVEN THOUGH IT CLEARLY COULD MAKE MATTERS WORSE FOR THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS WHO NEED CANNABIS THE MOST?
!!!VOTE NO ON 19 TUES. NOV. 2!!!
PLEASE also read the following notes, featuring a dozen more reasons why prop. 19 is the wrong choice for legalization! thank you for reading this!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=456126452205
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/note.php?note_id=447425397205&comments
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